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Synopsis
"My first day at school to-day.Funny sort of day.Didn't seem to learn much.Seemed all we did was play.Then teacher wrote some lettersOn a board all painted black,And then we had a story and...I don't think I'll go back."Sure, Mama said there'll be days like this, but little did she know they could be so perfectly captured in a poetry anthology. In this catchy collection, Simon James gathers 19 poems by writers such as Rod Hull ("First Day of School"), Eve Merriam, Ogden Nash, and Charlotte Zolotow; illustrates them; and wham! Days like this become something to look forward to. Celebrating the joys and trials of summer days at the beach, strumming a one-string guitar in the moonlight, bouncing on a bed, and watching rain fall, this buoyant book is worth a second, third, or 99th look. James's sensitive watercolor portrayals of the world as seen through the eyes of small people will amuse and touch readers of all ages. Simon James is the author-illustrator of many acclaimed picture books, including Leon and Bob , a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. (Ages 4 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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"My first day at school to-day.
Funny sort of day.
Didn't seem to learn much.
Seemed all we did was play.
Then teacher wrote some letters
On a board all painted black,
And then we had a story and...
I don't think I'll go back."
Sure, Mama said there'll be days like this, but little did she know they could be so perfectly captured in a poetry anthology. In this catchy collection, Simon James gathers 19 poems by writers such as Rod Hull ("First Day of School"), Eve Merriam, Ogden Nash, and Charlotte Zolotow; illustrates them; and wham! Days like this become something to look forward to. Celebrating the joys and trials of summer days at the beach, strumming a one-string guitar in the moonlight, bouncing on a bed, and watching rain fall, this buoyant book is worth a second, third, or 99th look. James's sensitive watercolor portrayals of the world as seen through the eyes of small people will amuse and touch readers of all ages. Simon James is the author-illustrator of many acclaimed picture books, including Leon and Bob, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. (Ages 4 and older) --Emilie Coulter
About the Author
Simon James says, "Over the years I have come across many delightful small poems and have always wanted to give them room and expand on them visually. In DAYS LIKE THIS, I set out to make a genuine picture book of poetry."
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Days Like This, a collection of small poems
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Days Like This: A Collection of Small Poems
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Walker Books, London, 1999
ISBN 10: 0744561337
ISBN 13: 9780744561333
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Edited and illustrated by Simon James. Slim quarto. Tiniest bit bumped at the corners and spine ends else fine in pictorial boards and a very good dust jacket sunned at the spine and cover panel, with corresponding bumping and a bit of soil. Although not marked in any way, from the library of contributor Charlotte Zolotow, with a publisher's complimentary slip laid in. Zolotow was an editor and publisher at Harper's celebrated children's books department and the acclaimed author of over 65 children's books. Seller Inventory # 600984
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Days Like This
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. This text is about seizing the day in all its many moods and moments. The poems themselves are all short - some no more than four lines, they depict the many and varied experiences of childhood. Seller Inventory # CIN0744561337VG